December 2010
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[privilege abounds...?] healthcare & self-care /...
he he he he. i am he. sometimes they. all the time kay. and when we ask for health insurance or partnership benefits, we are not “married.” i do not look like a “man” because if i had the papers (it’s always about the papers, isn’t it?), they wouldn’t even ask. a cis straight-read person just says, “yep, that’s my wife/husband” no proof...
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[Ohio: Hunger strike of the Lucasville uprising... →
redguard:
Dear family members, friends and supporters of the Lucasville uprising prisoners,
Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Bomani Shakur (Keith LaMar), Jason Robb and Namir Mateen (James Were) will start a hunger strike on Monday Jan. 3 to protest their 23-hour a day lock down for nearly 18 years. These four death-sentenced prisoners have been single-celled (in solitary) in conditions of...
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[LGBT clinic passes funding goal] privileged... →
please see GENDER JUST’s statement:
Gender JUST Statement on Howard Brown Lifeline
as a former chicagoan queer who has been in that system, serving lgbtq youth and youth of color, i have to say the following:
YAY Big Gay gets saved again and meanwhile, misallocation of funds and lack of QTPOC and youth leadership will most likely be persistent.. just under a more watchful eye. how do you...
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[ life's complexities: i don't celebrate...
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[Filipino graduate student from U.C. San Diego... →
etmm:
SIGN PETITION
Mark Farrales fled to the United States with his family to seek political asylum after the life of Mark’s father, a prominent lawyer who spoke out against government corruption, was threatened by two gunshots to the head in 1990. Mark Farrales’ father, Jaime, had just announced a bid for congress during that time. Mark was only ten years old when he left the Philippines....
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“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and...”
– -James Baldwin (via thegang)
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“Instead of this broadening of vision and building toward a common goal, among...”
– The DREAM Act and the Failure of White Gay/Lesbian Progressives :: racismreview.com (via bowfolk)
my thoughts:
ha! zziinnng! i am happy that LBG people in the military do not have to closet themselves and continuously lie about who they are, but let’s remember that the u.s. military is...
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“Well, I guess you—neither you nor I were there. And it seems to me that when you...”
– Naomi Wolf (via azspot)
Well, as someone who has spent that past eight years counseling rape survivors, survivors behave in all manner of ways, including, in many situations, not immediately identifying what has happened as rape or internalizing blame for the rape to a point that they still spend...
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[this is the problem with social network sites...]
people of privilege feel like adding you for political hipness, then post racist, anti-immigrant, homophobic or privileged ish on their walls or worse even, thoughtless bilge on your situation. ah 1st world techno privilege, all of us.
jeebus.
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[holiday work gala: menu]
i did not rent a tux or suit, because i would rather buy one, and frankly i have no money for that. my partner’s job is having a holiday gala. i wish they would just deliver the food to my home, but this is not the case. we are going to eat fancy and i will wear jeans and oxfords as the older funders perhaps side glance or think i am just very hip. probably, a combination of both. this is...
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[Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Urge... →
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[today: bear cub]
i just want to curl into a ball, be in my own little warm and safe cave. not be bothered. not because i am sad or happy or depressed or excited, just because this is how i would like to take care of myself right now.
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[today: experiments in a jazz aesthetic: art,...
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project Edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and Sharon Bridgforth University of Texas Press http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/jonexe.html. Experiments In A Jazz Aesthetic Book release party 12/16/10 6PM – 8PM New Dramatists 424 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036. RSVPs at 212-757-6960
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[Georgia Prison Strike Petition] →
curate:
To: Georgia Corrections Commissioner Owen, Georgia Atty General Baker, Georgia Gov. Perdue, Attorney General Holder, President Obama
cc: Georgia Legislature, Georgia Congressional Delegation, Congressional Leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, members of the media
Stop the violence and abuse against the courageous Georgia Prison Strikers! Grant the prisoners’ just demands of...
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[PET PEEVE #243: White People Wearing Keffiyeh]
yep. word.
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[tweets today that made me fall outta my chair.]...
tarabetts tarabetts @ @kulandaybarrett I’m a homebody who likes to see other artists, sometimes. #AvoidingDrama p.s.
i LIVE for tara’s work and have been fortunate to know her for as long as i have.
i mean, her ability to write is really poignant and she balances great concepts/subjects with adept mechanics. when i was a tiny poet, she asked me to co-host and work with women...
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“Based on the racism I experienced working as a Black exotic dancer, I wanted to...”
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Black exotic dancers: undervalued and underpaid - The Scavenger (via tiaramerchgirl)
RELEVANT.
(via dusttracksonaroad)
Mmm, mmm, mmm. I would go in about how I’ve nearly busted my temples’ blood vessels reading/listening to certain queers/feminists talking about sex work in a way that...
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“The problem with the nonviolence bandwagon is that it is grossly...”
– Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?
(via afghanipoppy)
EXACTLY. was asked during a situation if i believed in armed struggle or peaceful non-violent protest [read: white middle-class people seeing non-violent protest as the better and primary route]. such 1st world,...
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[on top surgery & chests & race/class privilege]...
this has always been, me at the cusp of different cultures, even in my queerness and transness. went to a liberal university but was surrounded or felt surrounded by white and affluent people. this translated into the queer and transgender community. slowly we carved qtpoc space, slowly we were seen as too militant for just wanting to hang out with one another. having spaces for trans people of...
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=Anarcha=: I'm disappointed in you for posting... →
psstttt. your white colonial imperialistic privilege is showing…. step back and step down and as many of us with privilege(s), sometimes we overlook them. it’s the process of learning towards everyone’s liberation.
anarchafemikazibomb & aqrima: fierce + on-point!
aqrima:
feministfury:
krona:
feministfury:
i like the picture. a lot. not super concerned about the...
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["The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and...
“The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 prohibit housing discrimination against persons with disabilities, including persons with HIV/AIDS. These acts make it illegal for landlords to deny housing solely based on HIV-status, real or perceived. Unfortunately, because stigma is so widely prevalent, there are no reliable statistics to gauge the...
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“If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,
you and...”
– - Rumi (via movementbaby)